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发信人: nova (晃来晃去的鱼儿), 信区: English
标 题: word-of-the-day: irascible
发信站: 紫 丁 香 (Tue Oct 12 18:09:19 1999), 转信
irascible (ee-RA-si-ble) adj.
origin: from the Latin "irascibilis," from the Latin "ira," meaning
anger
1. Easily angered, irritable.
"The same is true of appetites and feelings of anger #005#. Some
men
become temperate and good-tempered, others self-indulgent and
irascible, by behaving in one way or the other in the appropriate
circumstances. Thus, in one word, states of character arise out
of like activities."
--Aristotle, "Nicomachean Ethics"
"He had no despotical power over his affections and passions ... The
strongest that were found in him, both of the irascible and
concupiscible, were under the control of his reason."
--Samuel Johnson, "The Life of Browne"
"The irascible and iconoclastic 52-year-old Frank Zappa, who has
outdistanced most of his peers in the business by his unflagging
commitment to both social critique and adventurous music, fields
the question with aplomb. "Nothing has changed. We have the same
racial hatred, the same unwillingness to face the causes of racial
unrest. We've had years to examine the causes of the Watts riots,
but no one has done anything about it. There were studies and
reports and conclusions then, just like there were studies and
reports and conclusions reached after last year's riots. There's a
certain type of American adolescent behavior that hasn't gotten
any better since the 60's. Scientists believe that the universe is
made of hydrogen because they claim it's the most plentiful
ingredient. I claim that the most plentiful ingredient is
stupidity." "
--Pulse Interviews Frank Zappa - 1992
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